MOSCOW, October 10 (RAPSI) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed the Interdepartmental Commission for the Council of Europe (CoE).

An order to this effect has been published on the official website of legal information.

Under the decree, the Commission is to be chaired by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Mikhail Galperin, Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova, and Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Konstantin Kosachev among others are to become members of the Commission.

The order has taken effect.